The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 2079
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
10:53 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1938
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.39° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.46° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.